Lot 69 · Important Watches featuring Exceptional Discoveries: The Olmsted Complications Collection
Grande Octagonal | An exceptionally rare white gold octagonal wristwatch, 1971
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- Estimate
- $50,000–$100,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Important Watches featuring Exceptional Discoveries: The Olmsted Complications Collection, New York · 8 December 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5342647
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Cartier London, Grande Octagonal | An exceptionally rare white gold octagonal wristwatch, 1971. Sotheby's, 8 Dec 2025, lot 69. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5342647.
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Cartier London, Grande Octagonal | An exceptionally rare white gold octagonal wristwatch, 1971. Sotheby's, 8 Dec 2025, lot 69. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5342647.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Patek Philippe | Reference 5270P | Retailed by Tiffany & Co.: A platinum perp | Sotheby's, Jun 2022 | ||
| Cartier London | 'Queen Number 1' gold brooch, 1975 | Sotheby's, Sep 2023 | ||
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.